U.S. Congressman Garret Graves (South Louisiana) has a slate of provisions on the table to advance Louisiana's ports, inland waterways, flood protection, restoration and other water-related infrastructure priorities as the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee considers the Water Resources Development Act of 2022 (WRDA) RIGHT NOW. The biennial legislation authorizes the… Read more »
U.S. Congressman Garret Graves released the following statement in response to the Biden Administration canceling overnight –amidst record-high gas prices – planned offshore oil and gas lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico (and one in Alaska). "The Biden Administration's announcement that they will cancel new offshore oil and gas production approaches levels of irresponsibility… Read more »
The U.S. House of Representatives advanced a Ukraine assistance funding bill tonight and U.S. Congressman Garret Graves attempted to direct funds toward Louisiana's ongoing disaster recovery and other priorities. The $40 billion funding legislation was introduced hours before the vote. Graves ultimately voted no on the Ukraine aid because it failed to include funding for Louisiana's… Read more »
U.S. Congressman Garret Graves just traveled with U.S. House leadership to Eastern Europe, where he met with elected officials of several North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) countries and promoted Louisiana's ability to fuel the world."I joined House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer in a bipartisan congressional delegation trip to meet with European leaders, Ukrainian refugees, Louisiana… Read more »
U.S. Congressman Garret Graves announced that Louisiana and parishes will receive a $111,822,094.65 share of over $252 million in the FY 2021 Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act (GOMESA) energy revenues that the four Gulf oil and gas producing states will receive. Of the revenues, the State of Louisiana will receive $89,457,675.71 while the coastal parishes receive $22,364,418.94."Every… Read more »
U.S. Congressman Garret Graves released the following statement in response to the U.S. Department of Energy's announced approval of additional export flexibility for a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal based in Louisiana - Glenfarne Group LLC's Magnolia LNG project.
Specifically, this announcement provides Magnolia LNG the opportunity to ship American LNG to additional countries… Read more »
U.S. Congressman Garret Graves introduced legislation to give policyholders more options as FEMA is set to implement its new National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) premium rate structure today. The bill authorizes FEMA to give refunds to individuals who have already paid in excess of their prior premiums.Graves previously attempted to push this legislation as an amendment to the… Read more »
U.S. Congressman Garret Graves (South Louisiana) released the following statement today after President Biden announced that he is releasing additional emergency oil reserves and invoking the Defense Production Act (DPA) to ramp up the mining and processing of critical minerals used in renewable energy and electric vehicles.Under the Biden Administration: Importing approximately 200,000… Read more »
U.S. Congressman Garret Graves announced today that $16,664,881.40 in federal funding, as a result of Hurricane Ida, is headed to south Louisiana from FEMA.Projects below: To Establish Temporary School Facilities: RECIPIENT: Terrebonne Parish School Board FEMA SHARE: $11,606,725.80 TOTAL PROJECT COSTS: $12,896,362Funding for Debris Removal: RECIPIENT: St. John the Baptist Parish FEMA… Read more »
U.S. Congressman Garret Graves released the following statement after reports emerged that the Biden Administration is expected to tap emergency oil supplies from the Strategic Petroleum Reserves (SPR) for the third time in six months. The Biden Administration previously announced they would tap our Strategic Petroleum Reserve earlier this month which we predicted would happen.The… Read more »
